Re: [gdm-list] update

[Mike Oliver <Mike Oliver Sun COM>]

Brian Cameron wrote:
> Bob:
>
> > > Unless things change a lot over the weekend, I suspect the new GDM
> > > won't honor any old/existing GDM configuration.
> > I'd like to understand this better.  We make extensive use of
> > the PostLoginScriptDir, PreSessionScriptDir, PostSessionScriptDir,
> > and DisplayInitDir hooks in gdm.conf.  Will those remain supported?
>
> It's good to highlight which configuration options that you depend
> on, so I appreciate that.  Does Sun Ray support them in per-display
> fashion?

Sun Ray doesn't use the per-display feature today but that's what it
really should be using.  We expect to switch to using per-display
scripts as soon as we can depend on the distro's native GDM to be
up-rev enough to support dynamic X server creation and destruction.

Today Sun Ray requires the admin to replace the distro's native GDM
with a Sun build of GDM that is able to handle dynamic X servers.
That build includes its own set of Sun Ray-aware default scripts.
Obviously that whole scheme is a hack, and we'd like to see the need
for it go away as soon as possible.

Mike.
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mike oliver sun com


> Note the stable GDM allows you to create files like
> Default:0 which allows people to create a special PreSession script
> only used with $DISPLAY=:0, for example.
>
> At the moment, the existing code doesn't support these hooks, aside
> from the Init script.  For the Init script, the new GDM hardcodes the
> location of the script to the GDM configuration directory, where the
> scripts are installed by default.
>
> I don't think only Sun Ray depends on these hooks, so I anticipate
> that these will continue to need support in some fashion.  I imagine
> it will be broken in the 2.21.1 release, though.

Mike.
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mike oliver sun com